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Considering a degree in Human Development and Family Studies?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Human Development and Family Studies majors who live in Missouri.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Human Development and Family Studies degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Missouri.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of college paid after factoring in financial aid.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Utah State University | 4700 | 21700 | 0.7832 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 28600 | 0.7211 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 3 | Kentucky State University | 9900 | 29700 | 0.6677 | 1,546 | 925 | 0.9251 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10100 | 22900 | 0.56 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 5 | University of California-San Diego | 11400 | 44900 | 0.7461 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 6 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 7 | Indiana State University | 12400 | 25900 | 0.5221 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 8 | Southern Utah University | 12500 | 44000 | 0.7155 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 9 | Bacone College | 12600 | 36800 | 0.6578 | 106 | 875 | 0.545 | |
| 10 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 54500 | 0.7669 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 11 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25800 | 0.4797 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 12 | University of Houston | 13600 | 23100 | 0.4114 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 31700 | 0.5674 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14200 | 46000 | 0.6909 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 15 | Northern Illinois University | 14300 | 30700 | 0.5348 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 16 | Louisiana Tech University | 14400 | 36900 | 0.6097 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 16 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4582 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 18 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 19 | University of Central Missouri | 14900 | 25400 | 0.4125 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 20 | California State University-San Bernardino | 15400 | 43900 | 0.6498 | 14,993 | 920 | 0.9318 | |
| 20 | California State University-San Marcos | 15400 | 24700 | 0.3772 | 14,977 | 970 | 0.951 | |
| 22 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 23 | Florida State University | 15600 | 22900 | 0.3184 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 24 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15700 | 42500 | 0.6307 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 25 | Alcorn State University | 16000 | 23700 | 0.3249 | 2,532 | 925 | 0.4533 | |
| 25 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16000 | 42600 | 0.6247 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 25 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16000 | 23200 | 0.3103 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 28 | Lamar University | 16300 | 22900 | 0.2879 | 8,206 | 1045 | 0.857 | |
| 29 | Houston Christian University | 17300 | 56800 | 0.6954 | 2,899 | 1090 | 0.8458 | |
| 30 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17400 | 34000 | 0.4878 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 31 | University of Rhode Island | 17500 | 33900 | 0.4839 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 32 | Georgia Southern University | 18100 | 23800 | 0.2399 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 33 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 34 | Texas Woman's University | 18400 | 44600 | 0.5877 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.9613 | |
| 35 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27700 | 0.3284 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 36 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18700 | 42800 | 0.5625 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 37 | Benedict College | 18800 | 41100 | 0.5431 | 1,694 | 935 | 0.673 | |
| 37 | California State University-East Bay | 18800 | 30100 | 0.3759 | 10,562 | 940 | 0.9681 | |
| 39 | Connecticut College | 19200 | 115500 | 0.8335 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 40 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19300 | 27700 | 0.3034 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 41 | Gallaudet University | 19400 | 44900 | 0.5681 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 41 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 43 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19700 | 26900 | 0.2675 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 44 | Davis & Elkins College | 19900 | 48300 | 0.5883 | 683 | 1025 | 0.5823 | |
| 45 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 46 | South Dakota State University | 20500 | 25200 | 0.1866 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 47 | Kansas State University | 20600 | 26100 | 0.2091 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 47 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20600 | 31000 | 0.3359 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 49 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20800 | 38200 | 0.4555 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 50 | North Dakota State University | 20900 | 25700 | 0.1868 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 51 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 21000 | 50000 | 0.5797 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 52 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 21300 | 42500 | 0.4994 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 53 | Bradley University | 21600 | 50800 | 0.5747 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 54 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21800 | 25400 | 0.1427 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 55 | Rockford University | 22000 | 68200 | 0.6778 | 968 | 1045 | 0.5704 | |
| 56 | Columbia College | 22700 | 39700 | 0.4287 | 1,268 | 950 | 0.9614 | |
| 57 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23400 | 36800 | 0.3643 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 58 | SUNY Oneonta | 23500 | 49300 | 0.5238 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 59 | Southern Virginia University | 24000 | 46000 | 0.4782 | 967 | 1070 | 0.9973 | |
| 60 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 24100 | 47100 | 0.4885 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 24200 | 45300 | 0.4654 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 62 | Stephens College | 24900 | 61000 | 0.5911 | 354 | 1185 | 0.9185 | |
| 63 | Temple University | 25000 | 36400 | 0.3134 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 64 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 65 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 65 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 25700 | 47400 | 0.4581 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9808 | |
| 67 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26000 | 59900 | 0.5658 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 68 | Iowa State University | 26100 | 42800 | 0.3894 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 69 | Seattle Pacific University | 26300 | 77000 | 0.6588 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 70 | University of Mount Union | 26400 | 50900 | 0.4805 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 71 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 29600 | 0.0947 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 72 | University of Idaho | 26900 | 45200 | 0.4045 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 73 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 38500 | 0.2958 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 74 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27400 | 47900 | 0.4277 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 75 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.13 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 76 | Mitchell College | 28600 | 75200 | 0.62 | 500 | 817 | 0.7336 | |
| 77 | Westminster College | 29300 | 57600 | 0.4913 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 78 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29500 | 42400 | 0.3041 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 79 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 80 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 30500 | 46000 | 0.3371 | 3,361 | 1160 | 0.7887 | |
| 80 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30500 | 46200 | 0.34 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 82 | University of North Texas | 30700 | 48200 | 0.363 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 83 | Samford University | 30800 | 78000 | 0.6048 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 84 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31000 | 45000 | 0.3105 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 85 | The University of Alabama | 31100 | 57100 | 0.4557 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 86 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 31800 | 51700 | 0.3841 | 10,206 | 1190 | 0.7218 | |
| 87 | Liberty University | 32000 | 60900 | 0.4748 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 88 | Southern Nazarene University | 32100 | 48400 | 0.3367 | 1,465 | 1055 | 0.7703 | |
| 89 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32400 | 35100 | 0.077 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 90 | Franciscan University of Steubenville | 32700 | 44700 | 0.2684 | 2,978 | 1222 | 0.7223 | |
| 90 | Nova Southeastern University | 32700 | 56300 | 0.4189 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 92 | Illinois State University | 33000 | 35200 | 0.0626 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 93 | Anderson University | 33200 | 52500 | 0.3678 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 94 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 95 | Sonoma State University | 33800 | 41200 | 0.1796 | 5,412 | 1095 | 0.9473 | |
| 96 | Hope International University | 34200 | 69600 | 0.5085 | 564 | 1070 | 0.3298 | |
| 97 | Baylor University | 34600 | 70300 | 0.5078 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 98 | Abilene Christian University | 35800 | 60700 | 0.4099 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 99 | Warner Pacific University | 36400 | 41600 | 0.1252 | 350 | 945 | 0.5855 | |
| 100 | California State University-Long Beach | 37500 | 38600 | 0.0285 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 101 | University of Connecticut | 37700 | 43900 | 0.1414 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 102 | Lesley University | 37900 | 54700 | 0.3073 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 103 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 104 | Texas Tech University | 38600 | 41000 | 0.0586 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 104 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 106 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46200 | 0.091 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 107 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 108 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 109 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43600 | 53700 | 0.188 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 110 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2748 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 111 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 112 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 113 | George Mason University | 53500 | 61000 | 0.123 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 113 | Howard University | 53500 | 76900 | 0.3042 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 115 | Berea College | 68700 | 69000 | 0.0043 | 1,527 | 1235 | 0.1934 | |
| 116 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.